Syracuse, NY - Mayor Stephanie A. Miner will host a public ceremony at 10 a.m. today in Clinton Square to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

The 71-foot-tall granite monument was dedicated June 21, 1910, in honor of the 12,000 Onondaga County servicemen who fought during the Civil War.

The ceremony will include a bagpiper and an honor guard with representatives from the Syracuse Police Department, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. The program will conclude with a wreath-laying by members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, including event organizer Kevin Kennedy, and the Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic.